title: Improvements in the design of viscoelastic heel orthoses. A clinical study.
abstract: A heel orthosis combining the principles of weight redistribution and shock attenuation was dispensed to 30 subjects with heel pain. Relief or cessation of pain occurred in 73% of the cases. The factor most clearly and significantly associated with the effectiveness of the orthosis was a lesser degree of overweight. Within this prescriptive guideline, such a device has the potential of becoming a cost-effective and time-efficient way of treating heel pain of mechanical origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, NY 10035.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Levitz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dykyj
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry; D004548:Elasticity; D004867:Equipment Design; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D010146:Pain / Q000534:rehabilitation*